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I've found a lot of wonderful opportunities (including a local Apisto Source) through my local fish club. Use this link to see if there is one near you!
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/clubs/
I first tried a Cac Colony in a 4’ tank it went horrible… twice…
My third try was with a 6’ 125 gal and this made all the difference…
I started with a large group (5 males / 10 females if I remember correct) and two males proved to be the strongest and killed the others… within...
I recently restarted a 125 Gal Apisto Cac Colony tank. I started with 6 males (2 Triple Red, 2 Yellow/Gold, 2 Orange Flash). The Yellow/Gold are by far the least pretty… The Triple reds are as beautiful as I’ve always known them to be and the Orange Flash I got this time were even better...
My personal views are that inbreeding should be avoided…
There are cases where inbreeding can be used to strengthen a line or bring out a characteristic, but more often than not it weakens the offspring. So unless your thoroughly familiar with the pros and cons, I would either fully avoid...
try to locate a local fish club... I would guess Ann Arbor is sure to have one...
There are about 15~20 species of fish commonly available on my local fish club's forum (in Charlotte, NC) for $1 per fish at whatever size happens to be available.
I grew up in SE Michigan... tell the ice I...
I really wanted an Apisto ‘Colony’ but couldn’t convince myself to do so with more than a 55 gal…
I Siliconed two 12â€x12†shelves on either end at slightly different elevations…
One male Cac killed all the other males…
I’ve since kept a colony in a 125 Gal with a ton of...
I kept a breeding colony of Endlers in a 6’ tank with a colony of Cacs and all went well for a year until I moved things around… I would highly recommend them for someone looking for a top dwelling dither that can also produce food via fry.
I kept a breeding Colony of Endlers in with my Apistos for over a year without any problems. The Apistos ate most of the young that were born but never bothered the adults.
With no young to munch on some of the males may get picked off, but if your Endlers are anything like mine were they...
I keep a couple pairs each in their own 20 gal and they seem to do great, but I doubt 2 pairs in the tank would do so well...
A couple years ago I set up a heavily planted 55 gal with 3 males and 9 females... one male went crazy , killed the other males and then started taking out the...
I've often read about removing the male... and I've often read about keeping them as trios...
But my experience has been when I put one male with two females in 20 Gal tanks the females constantly fought until there was only one left. Then she would mate with my male and The male would...
Okay so I finally got a new cord for my camera…
Here are the two 20 Gals inside…
This is the top one, it doesn’t photograph well…
Here are a few from the bottom tank…
If you look real close in the plants there are 2 day old fry…
Please...
I have a colony of Apisto Cac’s that are around 3 months old which have been raised on a pure frozen food diet with about 40% of it being frozen blood worms. They seem to be doing great. Very active, colorful and breeding…
I know this from reading it not experiencing it... so take it for what it's worth (and I'm sure people will soon post to confirm or disagree)...
Males of different species will be less aggressive towards each other than males of the same species... but none the less they will see each other...
I tried an ‘Apisto Colony’ in a 55 Gal tank with 3-4 males and 8 females. One male grew to be the largest and strongest very quickly and killed off all the other males. The tank was heavily planted with a fair bit of driftwood, more small pots than there were fish, a shelf that...
Question:
My male Cac’s in this 125 Gal Colony tank have much less color than the males from the same supplier which live in 20 Gal tanks… my question is if at a later time these Colony males are transferred to their own smaller tank with a few females will they then gain the...